84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove NVIDIA Design Garage?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
8% remove it92% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #21,094
United States Rank #17,985
Reach 0.0098%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 80.78 days
584.63 days >
Average installed length: 307.18 days

Versions

VersionDistribution
1.0.0.0 100.00%

Other programs by NVIDIA

NVIDIA Design Garage

What is NVIDIA Design Garage?  (from NVIDIA)

In Design Garage, you’ll be able to interactively create incredibly photo-realistic images of some of the fastest and most exclusive vehicles on the road. Using the immense processing power of NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 400, 500 or 600 Series of GPUs, the exotic vehicles in Design Garage are brought to life through Ray Traci...  Read more

Overview

NVIDIA Design Garage is a software program developed by NVIDIA. The setup package generally installs about 23 files and is usually about 1.07 MB (1,121,532 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 10. While about 52% of users of NVIDIA Design Garage come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and DZ.

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.nvidia.com/coolstuff/demos#!/design-garage
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\nvidia corporation\design garage
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{66C7814A-DBE1-4DE5-85A5-29D5F1D26EC4}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 1.07 MB
Language: English (United States)

Program filesFiles installed by NVIDIA Design Garage

  • optixu.1.dll - NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Utility Library
  • optix.1.dll - NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine
  • scenix8.dll - SceniX scene management engine
  • scenixrt8.dll - SceniX Ray Tracing API
  • cudart32_42_9.dll - NVIDIA CUDA 4.2.9 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 4.2.9)
  • cudart.dll - NVIDIA CUDA 2.3 Runtime (NVIDIA CUDA Runtime, Version 2.3)
  • cg.dll - NVIDIA Cg Runtime (Cg Core Runtime Library)
  • cggl.dll - Cg GL Runtime Library
  • designgarage.exe

How do I remove NVIDIA Design Garage?

You can uninstall NVIDIA Design Garage from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program NVIDIA Design Garage, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove NVIDIA Design Garage.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 73%
Win 7 1%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 8%
Keep it 92%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#21,094

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 77.55%
Windows 10 17.35%
Windows Vista 2.55%
Windows XP 2.55%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Home Premium 30.41%
Windows 7 Ultimate 25.77%
Windows 7 Professional 17.01%
Windows 10 Pro 4.12%
Windows 8.1 3.61%
Windows 8.1 Pro 2.58%

Distribution by countryGeography

52.28% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 52.28%
  Germany 7.88%
  DZ 4.56%
  United Kingdom 4.56%
  France 2.90%
  Australia 2.90%
  Sweden 2.49%
  Brazil 1.66%
  Canada 1.66%
  Finland 1.24%
  Italy 1.24%
  South Africa 0.83%
  Belgium 0.83%
  India 0.83%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
GIGABYTE 28.75%
Acer 20.00%
Hewlett-Packard 18.75%
ASUS 12.50%
Dell 11.25%
Intel 6.25%
Lenovo 2.50%
Common models
Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 2.78%
MSI MS-7680 2.78%
HP EliteBook 8570w 2.78%
Gigabyte G41MT-S2PT 2.78%
Dell Dell XPS420 1.85%
LENOVO 20216 1.85%

About NVIDIA

Nvidia is known for its graphics processing units and dominates the high performance GPU market.
Publisher URL: www.nvidia.com

commentsComments

user comment
No one has commented yet. Help others learn more about this software, share your comments.